LAKEPORT -- A Lake County judge ruled a Lakeport man was fit to stand trial for attempted murder and other felonies Tuesday, but the defendant's mental state will remain crucial to the case.

After hearing the decision by Judge Richard C. Martin, public defender Komnith Moth entered pleas of not guilty by reason of insanity on behalf of his client, Dennis Leroy Cato.

Authorities allege Cato, 64, shot at a pair of PG&E subcontractors wrapping up utility work at his Hill Road East home Aug. 29. He faces two counts of attempted murder and five other felonies related to the incident.